GOP Recruitment Tour Crashes in North Carolina

Less than 24 hours after arriving in the Tar Heel State, the
NRCC recruitment tour derailed when ex-Representative Robin Hayes announced he
will not run in 2010.

"The NRCC is trying to recruit the same out-of-touch
candidates who support the same failed policies that left hardworking North Carolina families
behind," said Jessica Santillo,
Southern Regional Press Secretary for the Democratic Congressional Campaign
Committee. "But the Republicans' tour, like their out-of-touch policies,
is crashing and burning."

The latest recruitment failure adds to a string of
embarrassments for NRCC Recruitment Chair Kevin McCarthy (CA-22), with
several Republican candidates declining to run, and others finding
themselves embroiled in scandal.

This is the second Republican derailment in NC-08.
Former Carolina Panther Mike Minter also took a pass on running in NC-08
earlier this year, a trend that has continued across the country.

The NRCC has also found itself dealing with several
delinquent recruits, including a candidate who interfered in an active
DUI investigation for a political friend, a candidate under investigation for
campaign finance violations, and a candidate involved in a brutal bar
fight.